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The word "statistics" originated from Italian and Latin words meaning "political state" and was originally used to describe information gathered by rulers about their lands, populations, and resources. Over the 18th and 19th centuries, statistics developed as a field with contributions from mathematicians studying probability and analyzing measurement errors. Modern statistics emerged in response to recognizing the inherent randomness and uncertainty in measurements and data, necessitating techniques like a
- Author
- Venn Edward Nicolas
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- EN